Tokyo Rebirth: Start From Picking Up Sayu

Akane Hongsaka thought for a long time, but still couldn't understand his thoughts.

At the same time, the boss also brought the prepared drinks.

"Excuse me, this is your non-alcoholic version of absinthe, please enjoy it slowly."

"Thank you." Kato Yusuke nodded and looked at the absinthe in front of him.

A large-diameter goblet contained a light milky white liquid, which was slightly illuminated. The ice cubes were neatly cut and dotted with an unknown green leaf, exuding a slight bitter aroma.

Just as he was about to taste it, a hand suddenly stretched out from beside him and snatched the cup away in an instant.

"Let me try it." After saying this, Akane Kurisaka picked up the goblet and took two sips as a matter of course.

The next moment she frowned, put the cup on the tip of her nose, shook it, and returned it with a smile.

"What is this? It feels like juice that a child drinks."

"I already said it's alcohol-free." The boss shook his head helplessly and asked thoughtfully: "If Miss Hongsaka is interested, would you like me to make you a glass of real absinthe?"

"OK, it's decided!" Akane Hongsaka snapped her fingers and agreed without hesitation.

"Okay, please wait a moment." The boss accepted the order with a smile and went to work.

Kato Yusuke glanced at her and asked, "Auntie, have you heard that absinthe was banned for a century because it contained hallucinogens?"

"Huh?" Akane Kurisaka turned away in confusion, "So?"

Yusuke Kato said: "In the 19th century, people such as Van Gogh, Picasso, Wilde and Hemingway all used it to relieve their worries or find inspiration."

Akane Hongsaka's eyes moved slightly, "Is this happening?"

"Yes." Kato Yusuke affirmed: "My deviation value is 87, you can trust me."

"Bah!" Akane Kurisaka sneered.

"I am a college dropout who should have been a long time ago, and she is one of the few with a high degree in the industry. The hallucinogen ingredient in the absinthe you mentioned is thujone, and the formula has been improved a long time ago."

Kato Yusuke was stunned for a moment, and then he noticed that she and Sayu were in the same university, "Well, wouldn't Miss Machida also..."

"Yes, A Yuan also went to college early, and there is Qian Qian. The three of us are classmates."

"Qianqian?"

"It's Chitose Takeshita, oh...it seems like you haven't met her yet. Chitose came to visit me when I was in the hospital. She also works at Immortal River, right? She is currently working as a producer in the animation department."

"I see, are Miss Takeshita and Miss Machida specially assigned to look after you separately?"

"Huh? Hahahahahahahahahahaha-!"

Akane Benisaka suddenly laughed out loud for some reason, waving her hands repeatedly while laughing.

"Ayuan and Qianqian have discussed it? How is that possible? The relationship between the two of them is on the same level, and they can't get together at all, hahaha~~~"

After laughing for a while, she said as if remembering something: "Ah, that's right, the person responsible for the animation of Kasumi Shiko's "Love Metronome" is Qian Qian."

Kato Yusuke was stunned again, then nodded slowly.

He silently picked up the goblet, took a few sips of his pure version of absinthe, and savored it with the tip of his tongue.

When you enter the mouth, you will first experience the strong bitterness and anise flavor, followed by the refreshing taste of herbs, and finally transform into the sweetness of fruit, with a distinct and varied taste.

He slowly relaxed his brows and reminded the person next to him: "Little aunt, you have just been discharged from the hospital. Try to drink as little as possible."

"That's impossible." Akane Kurisaka replied quickly: "I managed to escape from those quack doctors, so of course I have to drink to my heart's content."

Kato Yusuke was speechless. This man had not learned his lesson at all.

As if she understood the look in his eyes, Akane Kurisaka grinned and said enthusiastically:

"Well~ I have learned a lot from my hospitalization this time. At least I learned to multi-task through rehabilitation. I will be able to work with both hands in the future, so that I can catch up with the comic series."

Co-authoring is still a battle between left and right, right?

The corners of Kato Yusuke's eyes twitched slightly and he didn't want to speak at all.

‘Forget it, as long as everyone around you is healthy. ’ He thought comfortingly, raised his glass and drank the remaining absinthe in one gulp, and then asked the boss for an additional glass of refreshing special blend.

In fact, he didn't know anything. The disappearance of Hongsaka Akane's blood clot caused a commotion in the hospital and even became an unsolved mystery.

Those doctors could not figure out why the blood clots that had been confirmed to exist in the brain disappeared out of thin air.

After conducting a comprehensive examination of the patient, they had to admit that this was a misdiagnosis and finally let it go.

Facts have proved that even if the little aunt took a weakened version of the elixir, its effect cannot be measured by common sense.

Back to business.

The drinks ordered by Akane Kurisaka and Yusuke Kato were brought out one after another.

The former is pure absinthe prepared by the boss, while the latter is whiskey sour (non-alcoholic version) made by another female bartender.

The "cup" of whiskey sour was packed in a square wooden box and looked like tofu.

There is a layer of fine milky white egg white floating on the surface, and a little gold foil is sprinkled in the middle as decoration. The appearance is very unique.

Kato Yusuke looked at it with some curiosity, and was about to pick up the attached straw to taste it, when he suddenly caught an abnormality out of the corner of his eye.

Between the wooden box and the tray below, a piece of paper suddenly appeared.

After opening it, there is a string of LINE IDs on it.

"..."

He raised his head and his eyes fell on the female bartender who served him a drink.

The other party is a young lady with a temperament similar to Yui Aragaki, with light makeup on her face, and her appearance is almost 8 points.

Sensing his gaze, the bartender lifted her hair from her ears casually and smiled softly at him.

Kato Yusuke frowned slightly, quietly put the note back under the box, and then didn't care.

The bartender saw a flash of disappointment in his eyes, smiled apologetically at him again, and went to serve other customers.

"Tsk, tsk, it's a pity that you don't want to be a pretty boy~" Akane Kurisaka teased with a half-smile, obviously not missing these little moves under the table.

She wasn't angry either. Instead, she felt like she was enjoying it. It seemed that she really echoed Machida Enko's words, "Female writers like to find a pretty boy to show off their identity."

Kato Yusuke didn't bother to guess so much, and drank his own thing through a straw as usual.

Unlike the previous absinthe, this whiskey sour has a slightly sour tone, but is silky and smooth in the mouth.

The combination of lemon juice and egg white has a dense and delicate taste, while the "bodied" is still sharp and clear.

Drink it in one sip, and the sweet and sour taste will leave you with a fragrance on your lips and teeth.

"……tastes good."

He complimented it heartily and took a small piece of cheese to appetize.

"How is it? I didn't bring you to the wrong place, right?"

Akane Hongsaka said with a smile: "The materials used in this store are all grown by the owner from his own farm, which is completely different from those stores that only use additives."

"It's definitely different."

Kato Yusuke nodded in agreement and then got down to business.

"By the way, little auntie, I heard from Kano, you were the one helping coordinate our studio during Xia COMI, right? Thank you very much."

"Oh~ you still know how to be polite?" Akane Akane opened her eyes in surprise.

"Don't be ridiculous at this time, right?" Kato Yusuke shook his head, "You are still as hard-spoken and soft-hearted as ever."

Akane Kurisaka frowned, curled her lips in disdain, and muttered: "Who made the group of people in your studio look like a piece of loose sand at that time? I really can't stand it anymore."

She took a swig of absinthe and continued speaking bluntly.

"Through this Xia COMI, I finally understood that none of your little girlfriends are suitable for management. Once you are not there, it will become a mess.

Especially your teacher, it didn't matter when the stall was small, but later she couldn't control the situation.

I advise you to find a capable candidate as soon as possible. If you want me to look at the little girl named Shinjo, she is good. "

Kato Yusuke looked at her deeply, "...I didn't expect you to appreciate Shinjo so much."

"That's because she has such value." Akane Hongsaka said firmly: "If she had been there that day, she would have been able to handle it even if I didn't take action."

Kato Yusuke squinted his eyes slightly and tapped his fingers on the table unconsciously, making a slight sound, "This is different. Her focus is on the association."

"Tch." Akane Benisaka glanced sideways at him, picked up a saltine cracker and threw it into his mouth, asking vaguely: "Then what? What are your plans next?"

"Intend?"

"That's right. The game "" is now selling so well. You should consider expanding the studio next, right? Don't tell me you haven't thought about this!"

"Oh... all I have thought about is that I have something to do in the past two days, and I will start preparing for it after I deal with it."

"So what have you been doing these past two days? Who are you trying to coax? Eri Kashiwagi? Shiko Kasumi? Or that so-and-so?"

"...who is who?"

"That's the girl who goes to your house to cook for you."

"The other person's name is Megumi Kato, don't call me so and so..."

"Yes, that's her! She is so inconspicuous that I always forget about her."

"...Auntie, did you do this on purpose? Hui and I have the same surname, is it difficult to remember?"

"I remember her expression was very scary when she saw me coming out of your house for the first time. She looked like a heavy girl~"

As he said this, Akane Benisaka's eyes flashed with amusement, and the corners of his lips were raised slightly, as if to challenge him.

Kato Yusuke stared at her red face, frowned and said, "Auntie, have you drank too much?"

"Huh?" Akane Kurisaka raised her eyebrows and smiled contemptuously: "Stop talking about it, where did you just arrive? Let's go to the next one~"

Kato Yusuke sighed: "I'm not an office worker. Why don't we go to the next show? Let's just drink here today."

"Who said we were going to drink?" Akane Kurisaka held her cheek with her left hand, gently slid the index finger of her right hand on the rim of the wine glass, and said quietly: "I asked you to come to my house or to the hotel."

She tilted her face slightly, her cheeks were flushed, her eyes were drunk, and she was charming and a little charming.

Kato Yusuke couldn't help but be stunned, then shook his head with a wry smile, "Stop making trouble, I will take you home, you can rest early."

He is now a guilty person and is really not qualified to flirt with others.

Akane Benisaka stared at his face, as if she saw something, and snorted unhappily.

"Forget it, little bastard, I have no fun today, so go back."

After she finished speaking, she raised her hand and called the boss to pay the bill.

…

later.

Kato Yusuke returned to the apartment alone.

Because of the sour wine, he felt a little hungry, so he made himself a bowl of cup noodles.

It was already past ten o'clock in the evening, and it was quiet outside, except for the sound of him sucking noodles.

The black cat was awakened by the noise of his tossing. He barked twice dissatisfiedly, then moved his head to sleep.

After eating the noodles and taking a shower, Kato Yusuke, who still didn't want to sleep, started taking care of Waki ​​again.

I have to say that Nakano Ryoko's bow and bow were really useless in his hands.

Although he has been doing regular maintenance, he has never used it once.

Since Ryoko Nakano graduated, he has never been to the Kyudo Club again.

There is no other reason for saying this, mainly because the focus of his life has gradually shifted.

He has to deal with studio matters most of the time, and he really doesn't have much time for entertainment.

Especially since the studio will expand in the future, his personal time will be further compressed.

In view of this, Kato Yusuke made a request to the school to resign from the student council before the summer vacation, and it was approved.

Although the school felt a little sorry, it also fully understood his situation.

While Kato Yusuke was thinking about this, he hung the maintained Japanese bow back on the wall and muttered to himself.

"Let's find a kyudo club to practice some other time..."

At half past eleven, Yinglili suddenly made a video call.

Kato Yusuke pressed the answer button, and a picture appeared on the screen, and the other end was completely dark.

"Eiriri?"

He asked tentatively, only to hear a faint "hmm" sound, followed by a rustling sound.

After a while, a bedside lamp lit up on the other end, and the faint light lit up the night.

Ying Lili slowly lay back on the bed, her golden soft hair being pressed a little frizzy.

"Yusuke?" She asked softly, "Are you still awake?"

"Well, not yet." Yusuke Kato answered first, and then asked, "What about you? Why aren't you sleeping so late?"

"I can't sleep." Ying Lili giggled for some reason, then pursed her lips and said, "I miss you."

Kato Yusuke raised his eyes, and an unknown feeling suddenly surged in his heart. His expression relaxed unconsciously, and he replied: "Then, thank you for thinking of me?"

"How can this be like this?" The girl said dissatisfiedly: "It's so perfunctory, you idiot."

"Sorry." Kato Yusuke chuckled and said slightly guiltily: "I really can't think of what to say here."

Ying Lili wrinkled her nose, "Can't you just say 'I miss you too'?"

"Wouldn't that be too embarrassing and deliberate?"

"Uh~~~!" Ying Lili puffed up her face angrily, her eyes full of complaints, and her whole body was like a hamster.

Kato Yusuke looked at her funny, glanced at the time in the upper right corner of the screen, and asked thoughtfully: "Otherwise... do you want me to see you now?"

"Eh--?"

"Sorry, I haven't been able to see you these days...but I can take a taxi there now and come back later."

"Really!?" The girl on the phone opened her eyes wide in surprise, her blue and moist eyes sparkling with little bits of light, and her desire was obvious.

However--

"No, that, let's forget it..."

Yinglili shook her head slowly, lowered her eyes like a frost-beaten eggplant, and said wilfully:

"You'd better settle everyone's matters first, otherwise I'll feel a bit cunning when I'm the only one meeting you..."

Kato Yusuke's heart twitched hard. Why is this cute little creature so sensible?

He opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Looking at his expression, Yinglili thought he thought she didn't want to see him, so she hurriedly explained.

"That! Don't get me wrong. I have no other reason for saying this. I just don't want everyone to think I'm despicable. And aren't you going to Kasumigaoka Shiyu's place tomorrow? I don't want you to run around..."

"Eiriri." Kato Yusuke interrupted her and asked warmly: "Are you sleepy now? I want to see you. Is it convenient?"

"Yusuke..."

Ying Lili was stunned for a moment, covered her mouth and snickered, then slightly wrinkled her nose and replied no in a coquettish tone.

"Hmph~ Just think about me. It's best if you don't even dream about me, and then...when everyone is reconciled, you have to hug me."

Kato Yusuke looked at her slightly red cheeks and listened to her soft and lovely voice, feeling soft in his heart.

"Ahem! Anyway, that's it."

Yinglili coughed artificially, looked away from his face a little shyly, and said solemnly:

"Listen, what you have to do now is to deal with Kasumigaoka Shiyu's matter first, and I will also help you think of a solution over Hui's side, do you understand?"

"Understood." Kato Yusuke nodded lightly, "I will try my best to win Xiaoshi and Hui's understanding, but can I go see you tonight?"

"Everyone says it can't be done anymore!"

Yinglili glared at him angrily and muttered: "Besides, if you really come, I'm afraid I won't be able to let you go... That would be bad."

Kato Yusuke: "Eiriri..."

"So! You are absolutely not allowed to come to see me before that!"

Yinglili stated firmly, and finally looked at his face secretly, and added in a low voice with a red face:

"Then, I will try my best not to miss you too much...good night."

As soon as she finished speaking, she hurriedly hung up the video.

Kato Yusuke stared at the screen of his mobile phone, couldn't help but grin, and suddenly felt that his depression was gone.

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